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Originally Posted by peter12
Never mind that they aren't infants, and are partially responsible for their predicaments.
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In my time spent with the homeless, it was pretty shocking to me how many of them had (or what I thought had) some form of mental illness. Educate people who see them simply as listerine sipping bums, get these people the mental health support they need, and the homeless "problem" is reduced dramatically.
Arresting heroin users does nothing. Arresting dealers is a temporary fix. Building a drop-in centre elsewhere only displaces the problem. The people who actually need help are typically the ones we don't see. But hey, shame about those toilets.